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2011 Powerful 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits Eastern Turkey – Oct 23, 2011

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2011 Powerful 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake hits Eastern Turkey – Oct 23, 2011

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  1. Survivors react after seeing the damage caused by an earthquake in the eastern Turkish city of Van October 23, 2011. A powerful earthquake which shook southeast Turkey on Sunday may have killed up to 1,000 people as it triggered the collapse of dozens of buildings across the region, media reported the Kandilli Observatory as saying. Emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped in buildings in the city of Van and surrounding districts on the banks of Lake Van, near Turkey's border with Iran. Some 10 buildings collapsed in Van city and about 25-30 buildings were brought to the ground in the nearby district of Ercis, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told reporters. Source: REUTERS/Abdurrahman Antakyali

  2. Shocked people seen in the city center of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, collapsing some buildings and causing a number of deaths, an official said. (AP)

  3. Ercis, Turkey — Women mourn at a cemetery for relatives killed in the earthquake. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Umit Bektas / Reuters

  4. Ercis, Turkey — A man sobs while holding the body of his daughter before her burial. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Umit Bektas / Reuters

  5. A man carries an injured child in the city of Van after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011, collapsing some buildings and causing a number of deaths, an official said. (AP)

  6. A Turkish man stands on top of a car (L) as other Turkish men take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. 01 (SITKI YILDIZ/AFP/Getty Images)

  7. Turkish men carry an injured man as they take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. 01 (ALI IHSAN OZTURK/AFP/Getty Images)

  8. Van, Turkey — A multistory building was reduced to a mountain of rubble in the Turkish village of Tabanli after a powerful earthquake PHOTOGRAPH BY: ABDURRAHMAN ANTAKYALI / AFP / Getty Images

  9. People rescue two women trapped under debris in Van eastsern Turkey after a powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, collapsing about 45 buildings in Van province, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 according to the deputy Turkish prime minister. Only one death was immediately confirmed, but scientists estimated that up to 1,000 people could have been killed. The worst damage was caused to the town of Ercis, in the mountainous eastern province of Van, close to the Iranian border. ( AP Photo/Ali Ihsan Ozturk, Anatolia)

  10. Turkish men take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province in Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. 01 (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  11. Turkish men take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis procince of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. (Getty)

  12. Turkish men and rescue workers take part in an operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  13. Turkish men retrieve the body of a victim as they take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  14. Residents of Ercis stand near fires made on the street, after an earthquake in the Van province, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  15. Van, Turkey — Rescue workers and residents try to save people from collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake rocked eastern Turkey. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan was flying from Istanbul to the province of Van, the epicenter of the earthquake. PHOTOGRAPH BY: TOLGA BOZOGLU / EPA

  16. VAN, TURKEY — Residents take shelter in the streets after the magnitude 7.2 quake struck Van, in eastern Turkey. PHOTOGRAPH BY: TOLGA BOZOGLU / EPA

  17. People sit on a pile of debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van early October 24, 2011 Source: Reuters

  18. Turkish men take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis procince of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  19. Turkish men look at a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  20. Turkish men take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 23, 2011. More than 1,000 people were likely to have been killed in an earthquake as powerful as the one that struck on 23 October in eastern Turkey, experts from the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said at a press conference broadcast on Turkish TV. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

  21. OCTOBER 24: Yunus, a 13-year-old earthquake survivor, waits to be rescued from under a collapsed building by rescue workers in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van. (Umit Bektas/Reuters

  22. A man receives serum as he waits to be rescued under a collapsed building in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, late October 23 Source: Reuters

  23. A man reacts as rescue workers try to save his son trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, late October 23, 2011. Source: Reuters

  24. Ercis, Turkey — Men huddle together sharing a fire, blankets and a couch in the street after the earthquake left them homeless. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mustafa Ozer / AFP / Getty Images

  25. Getty Images - A victims' relative cries as rescue workers take part in an operation to salvage people from a collapsed building following an earthquake in the province of Van, eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers scrambled through the rubble on October 24 in a desperate search for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 272 people in Turkey as residents fled the scenes of devastation.

  26. Reuters Pictures - Survivors react as they wait for rescue workers to attempt to save their relatives still trapped under debris in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 24, 2011. The death toll in an earthquake which shook southeast Turkey on Sunday has risen to 239 people, with around 1,300 people injured, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told a news conference on Monday.

  27. AP Photo A woman holds her baby daughter as she eats biscuits near a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake in the town of Ercis in Van province, Turkey, Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The 7.2-magnitude quake which struck Sunday killed some 270 people in eastern Turkey.

  28. Getty Images Turkish people, wrapped up in blankets, sit on a street after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

  29. Getty Images Relatives of victims stand next to the rubble of a damaged house after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

  30. Getty Images Turkish people sit on a street after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

  31. Reuters Pictures - Women mourn as rescue workers work to save their trapped relatives under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, early October 24, 2011. More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more feared dead on Monday after an earthquake struck parts of southeast Turkey, where rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors crying for help from under rubble. Survivors and emergency service workers searched frantically through mounds of smashed concrete and other debris with shovels and their bare hands after the 7.2 magnitude quake toppled buildings and some roads on Sunday.

  32. Getty Images - Relatives of victims mourn near their house as rescue workers take part in an operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings.

  33. Reuters Pictures - Women mourn as rescue workers work to save their trapped relatives under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, early October 24, 2011. More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more feared dead on Monday after an earthquake struck parts of southeast Turkey, where rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors crying for help from under rubble. Survivors and emergency service workers searched frantically through mounds of smashed concrete and other debris with shovels and their bare hands after the 7.2 magnitude quake toppled buildings and some roads on Sunday

  34. Ercis, Turkey — A survivor rescued from the rubble is carried to safety. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Osman Orsal / Reuters

  35. Ercis, Turkey — A young victim is strapped to a stretcher to be transported. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Tolga Bozoglu / European Pressphoto Agency

  36. Ercis, Turkey — Rescue workers try to save people from collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake rocked eastern Turkey. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Tolga Bozoglu / European Pressphoto Agency

  37. Van, Turkey — Heavy equipment is used to try to reach survivors trapped in a collapsed building. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Adem Altan / AFP / Getty Images

  38. Ercis, Turkey — A free-for-all erupts after a Red Crescent truck arrived with tents to provide temporary shelter for displaced residents. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Mustafa Ozer / AFP / Gatty Images

  39. Reuters A rescue worker carries a boy to an ambulance after his team found him alive in a collapsed building in Ercis, Turkey, Oct.24, 2011.

  40. Tolga Bozoglu / EPA Rescue workers carry a wounded man from a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake rocked eastern Turkey, in the city of Ercis, Turkey, Oct. 24.

  41. Reuters A rescue worker carrying a girl runs to an ambulance after his team found her alive in a collapsed building in Ercis, Oct. 24.

  42. Umit Bektas / Reuters - A man searches for his relatives in a collapsed building after an earthquake in Ercis, Turkey, early Octo. 24. Rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors crying for help from under rubble.

  43. Rescue workers work to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, early Monday, Oct. 24. Rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors crying for help from under rubble following the 7.2 magnitude quake. - Umit Bektas / Reuters

  44. Emergency service workers carry a survivor during rescue operations in Ercis, Monday. Rescuers clawed through rubble on Monday to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000. - Osman Orsal / Reuters

  45. A wounded man is carried out from a collapsed building in Ercis, Monday. 2011, october 24 - Tolga Bozoglu / EPA

  46. Gul Karacoban, a 25-year-old high school teacher and earthquake survivor, is carried out on a stretcher by rescue workers, from a collapsed building after an earthquake in Ercis, Monday. 2011, october 24 - Umit Bektas / Reuters

  47. Getty Images - Rescue workers carry an injured woman as they take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings. Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said that 100 people had died in the city of Van and 117 in Ercis district, with another 1,090 injured in the nation's worst quake in years.

  48. Getty Images Rescue workers carry an injured woman as they take part in a rescue operation to salvage people from a collapsed building after an earthquake in the Ercis province of Van, in eastern Turkey, on October 24, 2011. Rescuers searched for survivors of a powerful earthquake that killed at least 217 people in eastern Turkey, with more feared trapped in the rubble of dozens of collapsed buildings. Interior Minister Idris Naim Sahin said that 100 people had died in the city of Van and 117 in Ercis district, with another 1,090 injured in the nation's worst quake in years.

  49. Reuters Pictures Emergency service workers carry a victim of the earthquake during the rescue operations in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, October 24, 2011. More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more feared dead on Monday after an earthquake struck parts of southeast Turkey, where rescue teams worked through the night to try to free survivors crying for help from under rubble.

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